Robinson mentions in the first chapter of his 2011 book What is Political Ecology, even though these plans exist and inform the public, they are apolitical approaches that do not address the root cause of the non sustainable energy dilemma and they also exclude large portions of the population. There has been a trend to try to get the public to be more responsible in their energy consumption at home and at work, but this approach still ignores the root cause of the problem, using an unsustainable energy source. Even if people reduced their energy usage, having coal plants is not a sustainable energy source that can continue to be used in the future and still causes great amounts of pollution. TEP itself has programs like the “Efficient
